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December 2005
ANWR Rides November Rollercoaster
Prospects for resource recovery in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area rich in oil and natural gas reserves, rode a dramatic rollercoaster ... (read more)
Prospects for resource recovery in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area rich in oil and natural gas reserves, rode a dramatic rollercoaster ... (read more)
Biotechnology Beat Drought in 2005
After this past summer's drought in major corn-producing states, such as Indiana and Illinois, the U.S. corn harvest may establish 2005 as a hallmark year ... (read more)
After this past summer's drought in major corn-producing states, such as Indiana and Illinois, the U.S. corn harvest may establish 2005 as a hallmark year ... (read more)
Bishop Tutu Joins Call to Fight Malaria with DDT
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whose concern for human rights has inspired people around the world, has joined more than 100 prominent scientists and ... (read more)
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whose concern for human rights has inspired people around the world, has joined more than 100 prominent scientists and ... (read more)
California County Rejects Biotech Ban
Sonoma County, California voters on November 8 soundly rejected a measure that would have banned cultivation in the county of genetically enhanced crops. ... (read more)
Sonoma County, California voters on November 8 soundly rejected a measure that would have banned cultivation in the county of genetically enhanced crops. ... (read more)
Climate Change Solutions Require Technological Revolution
For more than a decade, the environmental community has increasingly used the climate change issue to criticize the way we have achieved our quality of ... (read more)
For more than a decade, the environmental community has increasingly used the climate change issue to criticize the way we have achieved our quality of ... (read more)
Commentary: DDT Is the Only Real Weapon for Combating Malaria
During the few minutes you spend reading this article, malaria will kill six Africans and sicken about 3,000 more, mostly children and pregnant women--a ... (read more)
During the few minutes you spend reading this article, malaria will kill six Africans and sicken about 3,000 more, mostly children and pregnant women--a ... (read more)
Commentary: Oil Sand Becoming More Economical
It was a tenet of the late, great economist Julian Simon that we'll never run out of any commodity. That's because before we do, the increasing scarcity ... (read more)
It was a tenet of the late, great economist Julian Simon that we'll never run out of any commodity. That's because before we do, the increasing scarcity ... (read more)
Corporations, Nature Conservancy Rescue Brazilian Forests
As part of a multi-million-dollar Atlantic Forest restoration project along Brazil's southern coast, representatives from General Motors and American Electric ... (read more)
As part of a multi-million-dollar Atlantic Forest restoration project along Brazil's southern coast, representatives from General Motors and American Electric ... (read more)
Crichton Tells Senate: Scientific Standards Must Not Be Relaxed for Warming Predictions
As climate science has become an increasingly political issue, a debate is raging among researchers regarding what level of independent review is appropriate ... (read more)
As climate science has become an increasingly political issue, a debate is raging among researchers regarding what level of independent review is appropriate ... (read more)
December 2005 Environment & Climate News (PDF)
Page 1 of the December 2005 issue of Environment & Climate News highlights the ongoing Congressional debate over resource recovery in the Arctic National ... (read more)
Page 1 of the December 2005 issue of Environment & Climate News highlights the ongoing Congressional debate over resource recovery in the Arctic National ... (read more)
Florida Governor Announces Lake Okeechobee Cleanup
For more than 20 years, policy analysts, scientists, and politicians from across the political spectrum have been calling for restoration of Florida's Lake ... (read more)
For more than 20 years, policy analysts, scientists, and politicians from across the political spectrum have been calling for restoration of Florida's Lake ... (read more)
Herbicide Treatment Working in Massachusetts Waters
Framingham officials have treated the town's ponds with herbicides for more than a decade. Throughout that time, there have been few complaints, Framingham ... (read more)
Framingham officials have treated the town's ponds with herbicides for more than a decade. Throughout that time, there have been few complaints, Framingham ... (read more)
Ignoring Science, San Francisco Considers Mercury Warning
Despite the findings of University of Rochester scientists that eating even high-mercury-content fish causes no ill effects in humans, the city of San Francisco ... (read more)
Despite the findings of University of Rochester scientists that eating even high-mercury-content fish causes no ill effects in humans, the city of San Francisco ... (read more)
Invasive Weeds Are Spoiling Lake Tahoe
The world-famous clarity of Lake Tahoe in Nevada is under assault from invasive Eurasian milfoil weeds. The aggressive weed is choking out native plants ... (read more)
The world-famous clarity of Lake Tahoe in Nevada is under assault from invasive Eurasian milfoil weeds. The aggressive weed is choking out native plants ... (read more)
Mercury in Fish Not Dangerous, Study Shows
New data gathered from 700 children who were exposed to nearly unprecedented levels of mercury while in their mothers' wombs show the extremely heightened ... (read more)
New data gathered from 700 children who were exposed to nearly unprecedented levels of mercury while in their mothers' wombs show the extremely heightened ... (read more)
Million Solar Roofs Bill Dies in California Assembly
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Million Solar Roofs" program (the state Senate bill known as SB1), which would give billions of tax dollars to ... (read more)
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Million Solar Roofs" program (the state Senate bill known as SB1), which would give billions of tax dollars to ... (read more)
Ohio Considers New Wells, Looks to Alaska Example
A bill introduced into the Ohio Senate and still under consideration at press time, Senate Bill 193, would allow oil and gas drilling and commercial logging ... (read more)
A bill introduced into the Ohio Senate and still under consideration at press time, Senate Bill 193, would allow oil and gas drilling and commercial logging ... (read more)
Report: Mercury Scare Campaigns Unfounded
House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-CA) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Chairman Jim Gibbons (R-NV) released on February ... (read more)
House Resources Committee Chairman Richard W. Pombo (R-CA) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Chairman Jim Gibbons (R-NV) released on February ... (read more)
States Seek to Tap Offshore Oil, Natural Gas
With the recent rise in energy prices, state government officials are increasingly seeking to develop natural resources on state lands or just offshore. Congress ... (read more)
With the recent rise in energy prices, state government officials are increasingly seeking to develop natural resources on state lands or just offshore. Congress ... (read more)
U.S. Oil Shale Deposits May Be Tapped Soon
Encouraged by successful and economical extraction of Canada's oil sands, several major oil companies are considering similar ventures to extract oil from ... (read more)
Encouraged by successful and economical extraction of Canada's oil sands, several major oil companies are considering similar ventures to extract oil from ... (read more)